* some way of a given agent (e.g. a FSM) disclosing its internal state to others, so as to prevent the "I'm stuck" problem from hamstringing the whole robot (

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* some way of a given agent (e.g. a FSM) disclosing its internal state to others, so as to prevent the "I'm stuck" problem from hamstringing the whole robot. Please see Marvin Minsky essay (Attach:WER-INFO-64.pdf) and read the B-Brains controlling the A-Brain (page 320 of the article -- 5th page of the PDF)